Obs. In 6 vtensel, -sile, 7 utensile. [ad. L. ūtēnsil-is: see prec.] Necessary for use, esp. in a household.
1490. Acta Dom. Conc. (1839), 148/2. Johne … sall restore … certane gudis vtensill and domicill.
1549. Compl. Scot., xvii. 145. Mettellis var meltit to mak vtensel veschel necessair to serue ane houshald.
1552. Huloet, Vtensile or necessarye to be vsed, utensilis.
1617. Moryson, Itin., III. 219. The gift of vtensile goods made to the husband. Ibid. In Misen the wife hath not the vtensile goods, which [etc.].
